The World is Made of Glass Ltd. has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
The glass is in excellent condition for its age.
It has a rough pontil mark on the underside of the foot.
The glass has a plain bell-shaped bowl measuring 8 cm (3.2 inches) in diameter at the rim. The bowl is plain and sits directly on a conical foot which measures 5.3 cm (2.1 inches) in diameter. The glass is 11.5 cm (4.6 inches) in height. The loop handles were first applied to the top of the bowl and then finished off at the bottom of the bowl with curlicues. There are no chips, cracks, significant scratches or any obvious evidence of restoration. There are a couple of tiny unburst bubbles in the metal of the bowl dating from manufacture, one just under the bowl rim. There is a collector's sticker to the underside of the foot.
English lead glass weighing in at 160 g. (~ 5 1/2 oz.).
Provenance: The Paul Kettle Collection
The World is Made of Glass Ltd. has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
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